F1 Q&A: Max Verstappen and racing in other series, Antonelli at Mercedes, V8 engines and the effect of drivers’ height and weight

This question mainly focuses on FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s push to return Formula 1 to a set of engine regulations that are almost identical to those in 2010-13.

We discussed this issue in detail last week. Below is the link to that article.

Now, as for the specific question, yes, 2013 was pretty boring, or at least the second half was.

The season started relatively competitively – Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel won four of the first 10 races, but Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, Lotus’ Kimi Raikkonen and Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton dominated this period.

However, a change in tire specifications following a series of blowouts at the British Grand Prix led to Red Bull prevailing, and Vettel won the last nine races in a row to claim his fourth consecutive world championship.

The final years of the V8 era oscillated between intense competition and no, when refueling was banned at the end of 2009.

There were competitive championship fights in the 2010 and 2012 seasons. In 2010 there were five drivers competing until the penultimate race, and in the last race there were mathematically four drivers.

This was the year Ferrari dropped the ball on strategy in Abu Dhabi and took away the championship, allowing Red Bull and Vettel to win their first titles.

In 2012, there were seven different winners in the first seven races, and the championship fight between Vettel and Alonso moved to the final race again.

In 2011, as in 2013, Vettel and Red Bull emerged victorious.

But there were many more factors in these scenarios than just the engines. The first is the tires. For another, the relative competitiveness of the cars.

However, the naturally aspirated era, and especially the refueled years 1994-2009, were notorious for their lack of overtaking on track.

It has definitely increased this year with the new style of “yo-yo racing” brought about by new hybrid powertrains.

There are many issues in this engine discussion. Some of these may be people who go back in time to what they think is more attractive than what F1 offers today.

But there is also the issue of cost, whether the essence of F1 is contaminated, noise, the changing road car market and so on.